# Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2024

All 19 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `business_local_units_professional_scientific`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of local units of enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M). A local unit is an enterprise, or part of one, at a geographically identified place, such as a factory, shop, office or warehouse. Eurostat structural business statistics by region.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (sbs_r_nuts2021). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/spain-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Community of Madrid | 100,713 |
| 2 | Catalonia | 92,791 |
| 3 | Andalusia | 72,292 |
| 4 | Valencian Community | 51,390 |
| 5 | Galicia | 25,407 |
| 6 | Canary Islands | 21,702 |
| 7 | Basque Country | 18,605 |
| 8 | Castile and León | 18,539 |
| 9 | Balearic Islands | 14,190 |
| 10 | Castilla-La Mancha | 12,597 |
| 11 | Region of Murcia | 11,998 |
| 12 | Aragon | 11,323 |
| 13 | Asturias | 8,877 |
| 14 | Extremadura | 7,073 |
| 15 | Navarre | 5,882 |
| 16 | Cantabria | 4,745 |
| 17 | La Rioja | 2,899 |
| 18 | Melilla | 377 |
| 19 | Ceuta | 181 |